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What Else Is Included?
Besides Linux itself and the KDE desktop, you’ll find many other programs
included with your Linux operating system. KDE alone includes over 100 pro-
grams, such as image viewers, text editors, email programs, web browsers, and
games. You’ll even find a free office software suite (OpenOffice) and a
Photoshop-like program (The GIMP), both of which are discussed in this book.
OpenOffice and The GIMP are generally considered to be the leading free
applications in their respective fields

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What Is Linux?
Linux is a computer operating system, the most important program your com-
puter runs. It controls all of the programs that run on your computer by allocat-
ing resources, interpreting your instructions (by using your mouse and
keyboard), sending output to the monitor, keeping track of all files, and per-
forming many other important tasks.
Linux is different from most operating systems in that it has been devel-
oped by scores of programmers around the world. Linux is free, both in the
sense that you don’t have to pay for it (though you can, and many people do)
and in the sense that the source code (its internal pieces) is available to anyone
who wants to look at or modify it. Having its source code “open” makes it possi-
ble for anyone to try Linux out, find bugs, and submit fixes that go to a central
control point before making their way into future versions of Linux

     In 1991 , an undergraduate student at a University in Finland , who was named “Linus”  – in full name Linux Torvalds  acquired what was then a brand new IBM 386 PC.

Not satisfied with the operating system ( Windows 3.1 or DOS 5)  Linus wanted to run the UNIX

Operating System  (O.S) .

UNIX itself was too expensive for the budget and academic budget of this undergraduate student or the department of the Helenski University.

Linus Torvalds started his efforts  and created a core operating system  or kernel  named “Linux”.  The task of developing the Linux kernel  came to fruition with a team of computer programmers which was assembled along the task of compiling the Lunux  kernel.

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